about 13 years from now the secretary of defense is david petraeus, the current sex scandal makes a future cabinet post unlikely. those are your tech bytes, i'm paula fairice. >>> a live look this morning at new york. things just picking up there. a nice sunrise over that skyline. thank you for staying with us here on this wednesday morning. i'm charley crowson. >>> do you remember the back in june also irene from august of 2011? many of you were without power for a number of days, even weeks. that's a similar situation of what's going on for thousands of new yorkers affected by superstorm sandy. now a lawsuit has been filed against the long island power authority claiming gross negligence. >> how much longer can we take this? i mean, i don't understand how unprepared could lipa have been to see that we're here 16 days without power? >> you are hearing from laura brennan there, salt water rushed into her oceanside home, the water heater, boiler failed. she's among the 11.000 homeowners that need repairs before the power can be turned back on. in response to that criticism, lipa's chief ope